The Bhutanese Leading the way.
Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation (BTFEC) and the Gross National Happiness Commission (GNHC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)for financial assistance of up to USD 7 million (mn) for program financing of Bhutan for Life (BFL) as a ‘Project Finance for Permanence’ – implementation of conservation programs in the …
Read More »53 cases of Bhutanese vehicles having accidents in India in 2019 so far
And what happens when such an accident happens The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has registered 53 cases of Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) across the border so far in 2019. RBP received 85 such cases in 2018. As per the record with RBP, no dead were reported while there were injuries. …
Read More »Family Planning and drop outs lead to enrollment decline in Sakteng Lower Secondary School
According to the Annual Education statistics, the enrollment of student in Sakteng Lower Secondary School has decreased by 10 students in 2019. Looking at the education statistics of Sakteng LSS, the enrollment of student decreased continually from 2015 till 2019. There were 303 students in 2015, 287 in 2016, 270 …
Read More »The Trail Blazing Bhutanese Women in Sports
Bhutan’s fledgling sports scene has slowly been developing in recent times and one of those developments is the increase in the number of women’s sports competitions being held. The Women’s football team recently played friendlies against Sri Lanka on home soil and the Women’s cricket competition also recently came to …
Read More »Govt had asked India for additional subsidized cylinder quota but there was no formal response
Informally the response had been positive The Department of Trade (DoT) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) made a public announcement to discontinue supply of subsidized LPG from the four thromdes of Thimphu, Phuentsholing, Gelephu and Samdrup Jongkhar by January 2020. It now emerges that a request had been …
Read More »“Quality of the players here is good but there are some issues with professionalism” : English coach Josh Shepherd
Josh Shepherd, the Englishman who has previously managed in the Thurlow Nunn Premier Division and the Gambian First Division is now the manager of Thimphu City FC. The coach had also previously done some coaching in Spain and Thailand but to coach at an elite level was a no brainer …
Read More »Summer Camp and Ball’In School Programs
The Basketball Federation of Bhutan sets up training camps during students’ breaks to try and get the interested participants involved with the game of Basketball. Training camps were previously only held in Thimphu but last winter, the Basketball Federation set up training camps in Paro, Wangdue Phodrang, Gelephu, Samtse and …
Read More »A Growing interest in club football among the footballing faithful
Bhutan’s national football team currently ranks 186th in the FIFA World Rankings. Disappointment in the second leg of two-legged preliminary qualifiers against Guam on the 11th of June had left supporters saddened and alarmed by the defeat to the Micronesian side but with the start of the BOB Bhutan Premier …
Read More »Making Bhutan the world’s top tourism destination but not at the expense of GNH
More investments needed in the sector On 9th July 2019, the Journalist Association of Bhutan (JAB) held its first Monthly Dialogue for this year on Tourism where different stakeholders of the tourism sector were asked to discuss on where tourism in Bhutan is heading to. Dorji Dhradhul, Director General of …
Read More »‘One of the best so far’: Coronation Cup 2019
The 25th edition of the Coronation Cup, a basketball tournament held every year in Thimphu, draws to a close on 17th July. The tournament that started on June 15th has been one of the best in terms of quality said coach and referee Dechen Phurba. “The quality of players and …
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